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Well, the goal would be to spend 4-6 months out of the year in NL and work towards an eventual EU citizenship five years down the line. That would be totally fi
by archagon 9y ago
Well, the goal would be to spend 4-6 months out of the year in NL and work towards an eventual EU citizenship five years down the line. That would be totally fine. It's mostly the logistics and cost of keeping around an empty apartment for half the year that I'm concerned about.
- selectodude 9y agoThey don't want people abusing the system to get free EU citizenship. It's about attracting talent to NL.
- justincormack 9y agoI would think the residency requirement is 5 years of actual residency, so at half time it would take ten years.
- CalRobert 9y agoIt depends a lot on the country. Sometimes you're resident if you're present for (365/2)+1 days per year, but my understanding is that if you do that you're going to get some really tough questions about your intentions when time comes to naturalize. Tax authorities will likely be somewhat more willing to consider you resident. Of course, you can also just buy your way in if you have cash. Malta sells EU passports. https://www.ft.com/content/6f98892e-fbf3-11e5-b3f6-11d5706b613b https://www.ft.com/content/6f98892e-fbf3-11e5-b3f6-11d5706b6...
- CalRobert 9y agoIf you don't want to live in NL it won't fly, I imagine. But then, if you don't want to live in NL why are you doing this? If you want to spend 4-6 months a year there for kicks just go as a tourist; you can spend up to 90 days at a time in Schengen twice a year.